"Now Rangi, when you're 'attempting a shoulder charge' (wink wink), don't jump up with your elbow raised into your opponent's face, whack him with it, then stand over him congratulating yourself."

You do realise Gronk is preparing legal action against you right now, don't you?

Along with his 17 flat mates?

Have some respect man...that's the Lord Chief Justice Gronk to you!

Finally a sensible post

For Gronk read Gonk.....

3 game ban applies to smashing someones jaw to pieces & moving a ref as he has blocked your run



only in Rugby League

Didn't touching a ref used result in being banned for life though?

Eye gouging is only a 4 game ban in RL, that's the worst one.

No idea, however what Bailey did is nothing in context to attempted GBH as what Chase did

3 matches (oh and £300) is ludicrously lenient, IMO of course.

Young Johnnie in (say) Hemel is feeling attracted to playing RL. His parents think it's "a rough northern game" and would sooner he stuck to tennis. They get to hear of this incident and somehow see the video clip which appears to confirm their opinion, but Johnnie persuades them it's just a one-off occurrence and the offender will be punished.

"So how long did that Chase fella get suspended for after that terrible tackle?" asks dad...

And now there's another potential successor to Tim Henman and Andy Murray.

So what's your opinion on David Howell's ban for biting last year? Or L'estrange's ban for a spear tackle over Easter? Gareth Hock's for gouging?

Of course, this is the only tackle that will put people off the game.

It's time for people to accept that it was a reckless tackle and not intentional.

3 matches for accidental eh? how many would he have got if it was intentional!!??

think some cas fans need to take their blinkers off!!

Reckless?!